infinitive, εἰς means “in order to”, and it also has other meanings. The range of possible meanings for εἰς is extensive. Only when a speaker or writer used εἰς in a specific context did it have a specific meaning. When you first started memorizing Greek vocabulary, you were learning only unmarked meanings and not necessarily the meaning in a given context. (If you want to learn more about this, turn to section 6.5.) Furthermore, a lexical entry often combines several syntactical words (various
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